Metal tile wall structure



y 1933. H. R. SPENCER 1,918,228

METAL TILE WALL STRUCTURE Filed Oct. 3. 1929 Patented July 11, 1933UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HERBERT R. SPENCER. OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA,ABSIGNOR T0 PORCELAIN TILE CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE METALTILE WALL s'rnuc'rvna Application tiled October 8, 1928. Serial No.897,018.

The present invention'is designed to improve metal tile. sheet metal androous enamel ivin the the ordinary tile. t is These tiles are formed ofpreferably coated with vitm the appearance of desirable in the formationof such tile to provide a simple means of securing the tile to a backingso as to form a tile wall and in order to improve the apm-arauce bydividing the tile surface into sectiuns as with ordinary tile it isdesirable to separate the tile into units with a cement filler and wheresuch tiller is to lock the filler in used it is necessary This canreferlace. ably he accomplishell by spacing the ti e from the haclcin Inarranging for such spacing a prefer-rm means-is to utilize the attachinglugs for accomplishing this-spacing. The provision of this spacing notonly forms the means for locking the cement throu h the extension of thecement under the e ges of the tile, but the cement forms a very secureseat for the tile, thus preventing any yielding of the tile underpressure which would tend to loosen the cement and give an impression oflack of solidity of the wall. The invention contemplates also theformation not only of single tile units but tile plates in WhlCll withsecuring means a plurality of units are formed and united. Preferablythe units of these plates are separated so as to provide cement spacescorresponding to the cement between the plates. This arran ement adds tothe convenience and ease with which a wall'may be formed. Features anddetails ofthe invention specification and clalms.

A preferred embodiment of the'invention' will appear from the isillustrated in the accompanying drawing as follows Fig. 1 shows aperspective view of a tile plate.

Fig. 2 a perspective view of a wall structure with the tile in lace.

. Fig. 3 a section on t e line 3-3 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 an elevation of the tile plate.

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line 6-6 in Fig. 2.

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ng. This may be of receiving nails, or

similar securing means and preferably is a closed hacking at least atthe points of separation. The tile plate is made up of a number of tileunits I. These tile units are flanged around their edges at 2. Securingprojections 3 and 4 extend from the edges of the plate. There are aplurality of these at the outer edge of each unit an they are oil-setrelatively to a central line similarly on all edges so that theprojections on each edge of each plate may underlie the adjacent plate.The projections 3 and 4 are beneath the plane of the p ate and the plateis preferably spac ed from the back wall with such projections inmlgagemcnt with the wall and this space after s a means by which theprojections may be readily slipped under an adjacent plate and also isof very material advantage as hereinafter described. The units 1 havethe cut-out spaces 5 between them and are 7 connected at lntervals attheir adjoining corners by straps 6 and nearer the outer edges of theplate y straps 7. Cement 8 is forced into the spaces 6 and into spaceslie between the adjacent plates after the tile plates are 7 secured tothe wall backing. This cement 8 under pressure as it is forced into thespace flows into spaces 9 under the edges of the tile. Extensions 8a ofcement form locks, or keys for anchoring the cement securely in the saces and also form a close fitting seat for t e tile so as'to prevent anlooscness of the tile, the cement forcing t e tile outwardly to take uany looseness. To this end the bridges 6 and 7 are comparatively narrowso that there may be no great length of the cement which is notsupported by the extendin lock.

In 1g. 5 a single unit 10 is shown. With the exception of theprojections'll and 12 for the straps (land 7 the unit 10 is similar tothe unit 1. It is laid up in the same manner as the tile plates, thespacing between the several tiles being filled with cement and havingthe locking extensions as with the 05 tile plate. This unit is useful infilling out spaces of wall where less than an entire tile plate isrequired and, if desired an entire wall may be laid u with theindividual units.

As before stated, the tile is preferably coated mo with a vitreousenamel which may be made to correspond in color and surface texture withthe ordinary vitreous tile. What I claim as new is 1. A metal tile wallcomprising a suplporting wall backing; metal tile plates, each aving alurality of tile units spaced one from anot er, the plates being cutthrough between the units and having joining straps at intervals, saidplates havin securlng projections along their edges, sai joining stra sand'projections being under the plane of t e plates, the projections ofone plate underlymg an adjacent plate with a spacing in the manner ofthe spacin between the units; and a plastic filler in t e spaces betweenthe plates. I

2. A metal tile wall comprising a supporting wall backing; metal tileplates, each having a plurality of tile units spaced one from another,the plates being cut through between the units and having joining strapsplates, the projections of one plate underly- 1ng.an adjacent plate witha spacing in the manner of the spacin between the units; and a plasticfiller in t e spaces between the plates, said filler extending under theplates seating the plates and locking the cement.

3. A sheet metal tile plate having a plurality of spaced tile units withinturned flanges at their edges, the inner edges of the flanges of theunits being connected by the metal of the plate, portions of the metalin the spaces between the tile units being cut away and spacing theinturned flanges of the tile units from a backing to which the tile maybe attached.

. HERBERT R. SPENCER.

